Roman Polanski, 91
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Thomas Astruc, 50
2
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3
Luc Besson, 66
4
William Wyler (1902-1981)
5
Frank Darabont, 66
6
Romain Gavras, 43
7
Francois Truffaut (1932-1984)
8
Jean-Luc Godard (1930-2022)
9
Alexandre Aja, 47
10
Sylvain White, 53
11
Leos Carax, 64
12
Mathieu Kassovitz, 57
13
Jacques Audiard, 72
14
Justine Triet, 46
15
Michel Hazanavicius, 58
16
Roger Vadim (1928-2000)
17
Alain Chabat, 66
18
Roman Coppola, 59
19
Claire Denis, 78
20
Jean Renoir (1894-1979)
21
Michel Gondry, 61
22
Louis Malle (1932-1995)
23
Louise Le Prince
24
Born in France
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FloBer, 33
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Anthony Finocchiaro, 38
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Andre Techine, 82
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Robert Bresson (1901-1999)
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Jean-Pierre Jeunet, 71
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Jann Turner, 60
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Claude Lelouch, 87
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Claude Miller (1942-2012)
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Jonathan Kaplan, 77
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Jacques Rivette (1928-2016)
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Philippe Garrel, 77
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